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My guest for this episode is Ryan Opaz. His wine journey has led him to become a thoughtful wine business owner with deep ecological consciousness gained from decades of working at nearly every level of the wine industry. Besides being the founder and CEO of Catavino, with his wife and partner Gabriella he runs a natural and organic wine shop in Porto, Portugal, co-authored and was the photographer of the James Beard Award-nominated book Foot-Trodden: Portugal and the wines that time forgot. Previously he was also the photographer for the book The Amber Revolution, and a book about Porto's Portugal's Historic Bolhão Market. For his service to the Portugese wine industry he has also been inducted as a Knight of the Port Wine Brotherhood. Yes, this this is a conversation with not only a Knight, but a wine Knight. One of the admirable qualities of Ryan that comes up in this interview is his desire to remind all of us in wine that answers to questions and solutions to problems aren't universally applicable and timeless. That is, the issues we face are complex, context-dependent, and we would be wise to resist the impulse to simplify questions to single answers, or problems to single solutions, and even when we think we have found a way forward, we should continue to research and explore and be willing to find that we need to change our approach again next year. We also talk a lot about emissions offsets. If you've been paying attention to the news about carbon offsets, from John Oliver to the Guardian, you'll know that there are a lot of problems with offsets. In fact there are more than problems… there is a massive amount of deception and outright fraud. Ryan brings up some really interesting ideas about offsets that I think are important to consider, and his efforts to make his wine tourism company less wasteful and more ecologically positive have brought up some really good questions that I think we will all be wrestling with over the next decade or so. And I'm currently in discussion with a reputable company who provides offsets to do a future episode entirely devoted to the hard questions around these issues. So stay tuned. The most important thing may not be that we seek ways to offset every ounce of carbon from our footprint, but that we begin to see that all of our choices and actions have ecological consequences, that there is a cost to everything we do, and if we aren't paying for it, it's likely that the earth or someone or something else is. Full disclosure: Ryan's company is a sponsor for the Organic Wine Podcast, and you can support this podcast by visiting CatavinoTours.com/OWP for organic wine podcast. I'm glad to have them for a sponsor, and I think this interview will help you see why. Other Sponsors Include: https://www.oom.earth/  Use referral code OWP https://www.centralaswine.com/ And the most direct way you can support this podcast is: https://www.patreon.com/organicwinepodcast Thank you!

FOOT TRODDEN -- The image and title of this new book was so intriguing that I contacted Ryan Opaz, the author immediately. I was dying to talk with him. Portugal has been a love of mine for a very long time. I visited myself in the mid-80's, then my parents relocated and lived there for 15 years and that meant I could take travelers there too. "Paint Portugal" trips were frequent. My brother, David (on an earlier show) is a winemaker too, and so it seemed Ryan and I would have plenty to discuss. FOOT TRODDEN, is a joint venture between two good friends, Simon Woolf a NYTimes best selling author and Ryan Opaz, CEO CataVino travel company, and will be on the shelves in September. Ryan is here with me today to get a sneak preview.Show Notes:Ryan Opaz describes Foot Trodden as a first-of-its-kind book that takes a close look at the Portuguese wine making with compelling and personal stories. The book highlights Portugal’s diverse natural beauty, its dynamic history, and its rich compassionate culture.Portugal has 20 or so distinct regions. Here Ryan describes the some of the country’s stunning landscapes and how they differ one from the other.Foot Trodden highlights favorite places and why they standout as “must-see” destinations with stories and history to bring it alive."A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" -- The cover of Foot Trodden tells a story and invites the reader to consider the ancient method of crushing grapes, with feet that is still used today in much of the country.Ryan talks to us next about food and wine pairings and the wine dinners.The Foot Trodden project with Kickstarter--and how it has worked and will continue to work for this project.Projections for the release—in time for the holidays.Links:Catavino.net if you want to share about our stories,https://catavino.net/about-us/http://bit.ly/bolhaobookhttps://foot-trodden.com/Annie Collins is a true Travel Architect--passionate about custom-designing unique and seamless travel experiences.  If you would like to have a conversation with Annie about planning your next trip, head on over to freedomtravelllc.com to arrange a convenient time.If you enjoyed the show, why not go ahead and leave a review right here and go to "Listen on Apple Podcasts". It is much appreciated.

Eating and Drinking throughout Spain... Many interviews and stories about Spain to follow.This week's featured guest is: Ryan Opaz - CEO of CATAVINO.

Andre Hueston Mack, founder and winemaker of Mouton Noir Wines, talks about his career as a sommelier, how he (so brilliantly) developed his own brand, and being a garagiste winemaker in the USA. Ryan Opaz, co-founder of Vrazon and Catavino, is our guest host. Find our guest and guest host online: http://moutonnoirwines.com http://vrazon.com and http://catavino.net Music: MONKEY CAGE - Freeky Cleen & Dickey F

Ryan Opaz of Catavino is a prolific wine blogger. In this second interview with Ryan we explore social media technology with a focus on sharing tasting notes online.

Ryan Opaz of Catavino is a prolific wine blogger. We find out how Ryan uses his blog to promote the wines and foods of Iberia and how his blogging has become a business.

Jeff Lefevere and I start our second season of Unfiltered with a panel of wine bloggers, podcasters, winery owners and retailers. We welcome Ryan from Catavino, Jeff Stai a.k.a. El Jefe from Twisted Oak, Craig Camp from Anne Amie Vineyards, Kaz & Randy from Wine Biz Radio and Jill from domaine547.com Show Notes: 00:25 - Welcome & Introductions 01:28 - American Wine Blog Awards 15:50 - Twitter: Waste of time or valuable tool? 23:14 - Amazon enters wine biz? 33:10 - Are high alcohol wines not such a bad thing? 39:17 - Who writes Wine-ing 2.0? 42:39 - Blog URL’s and Feedback Feedback: winecast@gmail.com Voicemail: +1-646-495-9203 ext. 19765 http://drop.io/winecast Copyright 2008 Acan Media, Inc. Licensed to the public under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/

I'm back and starting my third year of podcasting with the longest Winecast yet, a discussion and tasting of four wines from the Iberian peninsula with Ryan Opaz of Catavino. Show Notes: 00:21 - Welcome and introduction 01:10 - Your Iberian wine questions with Ryan Opaz 26:17 - Don Olegario, Albarino, Rias Baixas, Spain 2004 ($19) 30:27 - Sociedade Agrícola Casal do Tojo, "Lisa", Terras do Sado, Portugal 2004 ($11) + 36:07 - Bodegas 3 Suenos, "Sexto", Terra Alta, Spain 2004 ($10) 41:39 - Caves do Salgueiral, "Andreza", Douro, Portugal 2003 ($14) * 46:22 - Save The Duero and wrap-up 51:49 - Contact Details 52:04 - Next show theme * = Best of Tasting + = Best Value (Production Note: Unfortunately I set the gain too high on this recording and could not filter out this background noise out due to GarageBand's ducking feature. I recommend listening on speakers and not headphones as a result. Lesson learned; my apologies.) Feedback: winecast@gmail.com Copyright 2007 Acan Media, Inc. Licensed to the public under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

The Catavino crew come round for some serious grilling (that's Barbequing to us Brits ;) ), while we chat about BBQ culture in Spain and abroad, fine Spanish wines, why Spanish ingredients are so good, and Marina tells us about two great summer salads. This podcast goes hand in hand with the almost simultaneously recorded podcast over at Catavino radio, where we do some serious wine tasting before the food chat here gets underway. See www.notesfromspain.com for full details.